we begin with breaking news this morning. strong winds and heavy rain swept across the region overnight leaving a mess. >> the winds tore off roofs and sent debris flying. news 4's megan mcgrath is live in northeast washington with a look at the damage. megan, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. we're along the rhode island corridor here in northeast washington. this little area really got hit hard by the storm that blew through overnight. people are wondering was it a tornado or a powerful torm? along the shopping center parking lot, they lost a section of the roof. there's damage to the back. also a lot of debris fell down on to a mini van. shattered windows and the like. just to give you an idea where we are, this is the shopping center between rhode island avenue and brentwood road where the home depot is, a giant here. there's also an aj wright.

sections of the roof came flying off. some of the debris we see has been wrapped around some of the light posts in the parking lot area. home depot got a lot of damage. they had sheds, they had some plants and stands they were all sitting on. all of that just blew around and was smashed to pieces. they have a big cleanup job ahead of them. now we have been speaking to folks here, some of whom were in the ea at the time it happened, including one gentleman he and his wife were wondering whether or not it was a tornado. well, it was like a train roaring. this is quarter to 1:00. it woke my wife and i up. we heard the windows began to rattle. weried to go downstairs in the basement. we laid down on the floor. it lasted less than ten minutes.

i heard something fall. a tree fell. i came out and looked around and we had no lights. >> reporter: rhode island avenue inbound is closed. we have a lot of issues with trees and power lines as well. back to you all in the studio. >> thanks very much. megan mcgrath reporting live. up 95, vettors are trying to determine if a tornado touched down overnight. several hom in baltimore have been damaged. right now wbal radio is reporting that firefighters are searchin through homes in northeast baltimore that were badly damaged by strong winds and gusts. there are reports of people injured, but no reports of any deaths at this point. we will bring you more detail as they become available. tom, what kind of investigation do they need to do to determine whether there were, in fact, tornados that hit in northeast and baltimore? >> they could do a damage assessment, see if there's any circulation to just the debris pattern, as well as tree damage there. but likely it was not a tornado. we did tave any tornado

warnings. we did have some indications there was minor circulation a loft in some of the cells. no reports of any funnel clouds sighted or anything like that. straight-line winds can do that damage. gusts over 60 miles per hour can do that sort of damage just from a typical thunderstorm. right now we have a lingering sprinkle. see the blob of bluein central montgomery, gathgaithersburg. an area of light sprinkle activity. sprinkles in howard count that is drifting east on this wednesday morning. temperatures on the mild side. it's now in the low to mid-50s throughout mosof the area. except out of the mountains it's chillier. 56 in washington. in the 40s western maryland and west virginia. that rain came through much of yesterday and la evening. unloaded an inch of rain throughout most of the area. strong storms raced through around midnight. they're up into new enand

where they're getting heavy rain there. blustery wind northwest gusting to 30 to 35 miles per hour. and we'll have that really starting up around mid morning. and mostly clear evening. a look at thursday, friday, ening. tom, interstate is relatively quiet. that is very good news. the neighborhoods might be a little bit of an issue. do be careful. debr debris, tree limbs and damage. up to 395, no concerns. a little volume there. 270 uthbound, old georgetown road, moving along pretty well. just below this point at the exit from 270 onto the inner loop, reports of an accident. police headed over to check on that. we have that stretch of george masoclosed in arlington. stretch of mass near naval observe tear that's blocked. and rhode island avenue between 4th and 12th in northeast remains closed. southeast not so bad so far this

morning. that is good news. out to the rails we go. update you on trains. metrorail, no delays. vre, fredericksburg 300, 302, slightly delayed. marc, 503 and brunswick 872 currently delayed. >> thanks very much, jerry. if you live or work or just drive-through arlingn, this is what you may have to deal with. >> overnight storms bught down trees on to power lines on george mason drive. kimberly suiters is there. good morning, k herly. >> reporter: good morning, joe and eun. two joggers came up and said the storms woke them up because it was so loud. holy moly. this utility pole absolutely snapped. lines all tangled up with the traffic light lines. crews here on the scene from virginia dominion power said there are three phases or three lines going into this thing, each with 20,000 volts.

so 60,000 volts, snapping, hitting the trees, and going directly to ground. that's what caused the explosive sound. some drivers had been ignoring the cones set up not only here but also washington boulevard just a block away at washington and george mason. people inside the hospital said the windows shook when this explosion happened. at this hour we know 5,000 homes in northern virginia have no electricity. there's a little bit of traffic getting by. there are no detour signs, though. people are coming up on the cones and it's catching them off guard. stay away from this area of north 16th and george mason. back to you in the studio. >> kimberly, thank you. right now 4200 dominion customers without pow. pepco work to go restore power to 1,600 people. bge says 19,000 are in the dark right now, mo of them in the baltimore area. weave a traffic alert for

commuters who use the dulles toll road. expect major delays this morning. the two right lanes on the eastbound side will be closed near buehler road overpass. according to the autrity, the overpass was damaged yesterday afternoowhen it was struck by a truck carrying a backhoe. the buehler road overpass and the two lanes of the toll road will be closed until the bridge is repaired. today jurors will deliberate the fate of chandra levy's accused killer after a month of testimony. attorneys made their final arguments yesterday. prosecutors closed by sang guanque's face was the last thing levy saw before she died in rock creek rk. but the defense said that was fiction. they argued there was no evidence linking guandique to where levy's body was found. ey also said former california congressman gary condit is the one acting guilty. his dna was found in levy's undergarmentin her apartment.

more on the corruption case in prince george's county. may include the bribing of unnad public officials. amrik and ravinder melhi were arrested monday. they are accused of having two officers help them pay untaxed cigarettes and alcohol. $400,000 in cash was found in a closet of the couple's home. >> the information, the inference that is out there is bribery. you know, the fact is, we are stilvery early in this case. >> the judge held the couple without bond. more arrests in this case are expected. new information about donovan mcnabb's contract. it isn't valued as much as we first thought. why the president's meeting with kongdzal leaders is postponed. and sitting down with the godfather of go-go, chuck brown.

and daylight in the nation's capital. nice to see the cle skies. 58 degrees. weather and traffic together o the ones, next.

up next, trees downed, power lined

weher and traffic on the ones. 6:11. good morning. i'm meteorologist tom kierein. just a few lingering sprinkles in eastern montgomery county as well eastern howard county. they are drifting to the east. otherwise, cloud cover break up. partly cloudy day under way. 56 at national airport. highs today reaching low to mid-60s. winds will increase from mid morning to midafternoon gusting 30 to 35 miles per hour. small chance of a sprinkle.

chillier with bright sunshine fridaynd saturday. a look at sunday into ne week. tom, take a little sampling around the area. northwest washington along georgia avenue, 16th street, irving, not too bad. through northeast,ew york avenue is picking up a little bit of volume. of course just be careful because parts of rhode island avenue, as we have been reporting, do remain closed between 4th and 12th because of the storm damage. elsewhere, we'll head out and update you on the beltway, lander, largo, not too bad. moving along wl prince george's county side. out on the rails, pretty fair shape. metro, two delays. vre, 300 and 302. marc, penn 503, brunswick 872 and 890. >> jerry, thanks. 6:12. 59 degrees. why there are new questions about the health of former vice president dick cheney. scary scene inside chuck e. cheese. armed robbers bt through the doors and pointed their guns at

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still to come, local music legend chuck brown talking about what gets hi

6:15 is your time now. we a staying on top of breaking news. severe storms ripped through the washington region and up and down the east coast. this is video coming i to us from new jersey where strong winds toppled planes at the trenton mercer airport. we are hearing reports that the wi also blew off several roofs in that ea. here at home, the video from massachusetts avenue northwest washington, this is at the naval observatory. massachusetts avenue is completely blocked there. strong winds also blew off

several roofs in the brentwood neighborhood of northeast washington. there's always some trees and wires down in arlington and fairfax counties. power outages in arundel county. the middle school is closed today to both students and staff members. arundel middle school. no power, no school. live team coverage of all the severe damage all moing long. stay with us. some airports make life easier on travelers. ronald reagan is number 10. washington dulles is number 136789 baltimore-washington bwi, 15. daily beas website came up with the best and worst list. at the top of the best is phoenix sky harbor international. worst airport for the second year running was newark liberty international airport. the latest report of the oil disaster in the gulf says bp and its ntractors missed and ignored a series of warning

signs prior to the blowout. the chair of e 15-member committee that conducted the study said the well continued to operate despite several indications of potential hazards. the report said it might never be able to determine what happened because much of the evidence was lost when 11 workers died and the rig sank pack in april. first meeting between president obama and the congressional leaders since midterm elections has been moved to the end of this month. that meeting was supposed to take place at the whe house tomorrow. several asked that it be moved because of scheduling conflicts. it will focus on cooperation between the parties and the white house. energy policy, international trade are expected to be major topics, as well the proposed extension of those bush-era tax cuts. today could be the day that

alaska senate seat is decided. lisa murkowski has extended her lead or tea party favorite joe miller to 10,000otes and could officially declare victory as early as today. you throw out the disputed votes, ones considered unusable becausthey misspelled her name, they still leads by 2,00. george w. bush knows how to sell a book. he sold 775,000 copies through its first week of publicati. they have already requested another 350,000 copies in more than one 100,000 ebooks sold as well. random house said sales have not been this large since former president bill clinton's book "my life" in 2004. dick cheney was noticeably thinner. he used a cane when he walked out for the ceremony. the weht loss is a result of his hospital stage. he had heart surgery over the mmer. the spokesman said cheney is now

hoping to keep the weight off to keep his heart healthy. redskins new deal with donovan mcnabb may be getting some jeers. we're learning new details about that contract. it's not quite as lavish as we first thought. while there are up to $40 million in guarantees, the redskins would only be on the hook for $3.5 million if they cut him at the end of this season. but if they decide the keep the veteran quarterback around, he would be due another $12.5 million during the off-season. there are a lot of interesting people here in washington, so we thought we would find a few of them and ask what's on their minds. jim vance put that question to chuck brown, the godfather of go-go. here's what he had to say. >> in terms of big names in washington, barack obama sure qualifies. but just as surely, so does the name chuck brown. ♪

for almost half a century, the godfather of go-go has not just been making music but creating a genre, distinctfully and soulfulsoulful ly d.c. >> the first thing on my mind is praying and thanking god for allowing me to wake up again and another beautiful day whether it's rainy,cloudy, snowy. and the next thing is my grandchildren. my children are grown, doing well. i'm so proud of them. they had the opportunities that i never had. the kind of love that i give my children tre's no comparison. the kindhey give me, there's no comparison. and i just thank god for them every day. and then after that i think abo about, you know, what i want to do for the next show.

>> now you are 70-what now? >> i'm 74. >> 74 years old. >> uh-huh. >> and every day you're still thinking about your music? >> absolutely. absolutely. d i thank god for giving me the energy to getting up on the stage and making a little noise, moving around a little it. like i said, my whole thing when i hit that stage i get into a rage and forget about my age. ♪ >> coolest cat in d.c. for sure. >> yeah. he's amazing. both are amazing. but great to get to see chuck brown face to face and hear him talk. wonderful. >> jim asked us to point out chuck brown has a new album out. >> he does and it just hit stores. chuck brown, amazing. >> he looks good for 74. wow. >> and the music is so uplifting and fun. it's great.

hey, this morning we finally cleared out from the storms that hit us last night. look at the radar now. we have had a few sprinkles passing north of washington. one sprkle, panhandle of west virginia and north of baltimore. temperatures in the 50s throughout most of the area. it's in the 40s in the mountains. 56 national airport. low tomid-60s. a few clouds racing through. mostly cloudy tomorrow. a small chance of a sprinkle. sunny and chilly on friday, saturday, sunday. looks like good crisp autumn weather for the weekend. a few clouds return. and it warms up a bit. how is the traffic, jerry? we'll head out and look where we're building on sper state 66 as you head through centreville, fair oaks to the beltway. a tractor trailer stopped in the roadway. 66 and manassas. el be checking on that. that report just in. headed inbound roosevelt, goo

news along interstate 66, southeast, pennsylvania avenue to the sousa bridge. we'll head out and check the rails. metro, no dels. we do have delays on vre, fredericksburg, 300, 302 and 304. 503 and brunswick, 872, 874 and 890 all delayed. joe, eun. >> thank you, jerry. >> 6:23. 58 degrees. we are staying on top of the devastating storms that tore through the washington area. roofs ripped off. trees toppled. live team coverage coming up at the bottom of this hour >> you won't believe this. what happened when gun-toting robbers targeted children inside a chuck e. choose. e whole world is buzzing about the royal wedding. it's all about the ring. ♪

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there were scary moments at one of some kids favorite restaurants out in california. three men burst into a chuck e. cheese restaurant and held 40 employees and customers at gunpoint while they robbed the store. cameras caug the men on tape. fortunately, no one was injured. apparently at one point a gunman pointed a gun at a ild.

police are still looking for the robbers. a new online video series is trying to put a face on the tragedy of distracted driving. department of transportation launch this campaign yesterday to raise awareness of talking and texting while behindhe wheel. called faces of distracted driving. these video feature family and friends of those killed in accidents where distracted driving was the cause. last ye 5,500 died and half a million injured with distracte drivers. coming up, live team coverageof the wild weather which blew through overnight. lights knocked over. debris everywhere. reports of a tornado. prince william and kate

it was a wild weather night. while mst of you slept, severe storms tore through the region. take a look at scenes around town. strong winds ripped o roofs, caused light poles to topple and brought trees down everywhere. in some places people wonder if a tornado blew through. good morning and wcome back to news 4 today. i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. it is november 17th, 2010. a beautiful morning.

ashe sun rises in the nation' catal. >> not a storm cloud in sight. >> beautiful sunshine will be returning. 6:53 this morning. storms are long gone. temperatures around the region are balmy for this time of the morning. as wlook at the radar, a little patch of ue there just in central panhandle of west virginia. that's a little sprinkle. and temperatures are in the low to mid-50s. shenandoah valley to chesapeake bay, lower eastern shore, near 60. mountains, in the 40s now. weather watchers reporting all evening and into late last night of some thunder and isolated cells did produce storm damage. and not widespread damage, just isolated damage. winds increasing by late morning, afternoon, gusting 30 to 35 miles per hour. out of the southwest shifting northwest a few clouds racing

through. highs low to mid-60s. a look at the rest of the workweek, into the first part of the weekend in ten minutes. as we have been reporting all morning long, storm damage signicant in some locations, including this stretch of massachusetts avenue northwest, which remains closed. mass avenue closed between 34th and 35th northwest. detours are in place right now. that big tree will take time for that to g out of the roadway. that stretch of mass avenue near naval observatory closed for the time being. 270 getting reports of an accident. southbound after montrose road. fire and rescue just dispatched. in from the west along interstate 66 crawling as you get through manassas. word of a broken down tractor trailer in the roadway near 234 business on i-66. out to the rails, busy morning all of a sudden. metro, green line delays, broken down train at suitland. that's been cleared bu delays

in the direction of greenbelt. 300, 302 and 304 delayed. brubs wick 872, 874 and 890 delayed as well. jerry, thank you. we begin with breaking news this morning. strong winds and heavy rin swept across the region overnight leavin a mess. the winds tore off roofs and sent debris flying. megan mcgrath isive in northwest d.c. with a look at the damage. megan, gd morning. well, good morning, eun. when this storm blew through it packeduite a punch in sections of the city. we're here in northeast washington standing in the parking lot of that home depot shopping center bween rhode island and brentwood. a rowof houses off the edge of the parking lot and the mage that was done to the end unit. they lost a section of the roof. windows are broken. debris in the backyard went flying into the mini van. that shattered windowsment a lot of damage in the small area.

look at video we shot here. some of the businesses were also damaged. we have the home depot. there's an aj wright. there are oer sho here a well. aj wright lost a section of the roof. home depot garden center ims outside were blowing around. the stands they were sitting on were smashed and some of the sheds as well. we have a tremendous amount of damage in th area. folks that were here at the time it happened said it was quite a sight and the sound was unbelievable. well, it was like a train wreck. knocks things down. >> like a rain roaring. we heard this noise of a tree falling. >> rorter: and let's take a look here live at aj wright. the sun has come up across the parking lot some of the debris that's here.

what you see wrapped around that light post is actually insulation and other debris from the roof. it's not actually metal but foam and the like. there is a lot of metal as you go closer tthe building. in fact, the big air-conditioning unit that, big heavy air-conditioning unit that's normally up on the roof actually smashed in pieces here athe cornerf that lot. we're told aj wright is without power at this point. now the good news here is that nobody was jured. no reports of injuries at this pot. back to you all in the studio. >> but a lot of cleanup. megan mcdpratgrath. 95, several homes in baltimore ha been damaged by what might be a tornado. wbao radioeports firefighters are searching through homes in northeast baltimore badly damaged by a strong wind gusts. there are reports of people injured. no reports of y deaths at this point. we have a live report coming up in continue minutes on news 4.

also, if you have pictures of damage, we wanto see them. send them to ic at nbcwashington.com. now a courtroom bombshell. the case of a couple arrested in the latest round of raids in prin george's county may include the bribing of unnamed public officials. amrik melhi and his wife ravinder were arrested this week. thcouple is accused of paying two prin george's county police officers for helping them sell untaxed alcohol d cigarettes. $400,000 was found in the closet of their home. >> theact is we are still very early in this case. >> the judge did order the couple held without bond. officials say more arrests are pected. the entire world is buzzing about the upcoming royal wedding this morning.

after months of speculation, prince william said he did ask long-time girlfriend kate middleton to marry him. he said he carried the engagement around for weeks before actually proposing on a trip to africa last month. the ring he gave mdleton is the same one worn by his mother, the la princess diana. >> it was a shock when it came and very excited. >> i wanted to give her a chance to see and back out if she needed to. >> the couple is expected to marry next spring or summer. and kate will become the first commoner to marry an english monarch since the 1600s. >> what do you think he was carrying theing around in for months? >> mantle the fear of ling that ring. >> it's around here somewhere. >> yikes! >> 6:37, 58 degrees. new report out this morning that quesons your safety on a

metrobus. >>also ahead, a body is found inside a box just a few feet away from a major interstate. 58 degrees rightnow. beautiful blue, clear skies out there this morning. weather and traffic together on the ones, coming up next.

trees down, debris scattered in a number of

good morning. time for weather and traffic on the ones on this wednesday morning. overnight storms are long gone. this morning partly cloudy. temperatures in the low to mid-50s around most of the region. 56 at nional airport. winds are not too bad now. but later today, we'll have winds gusting 30 to 35 miles per hour beginning mid morning and continuing into the afternoon. few clouds will race through. highs low to mid-60s briefly. clouding up by dawn tomorrow. highs mid-50s. a small chan of a sprin el. how is the traffic, jerry. > tom, following breaking news which willave a certain effect on your commute along i-270 southbound. live pictures of an accident that happened just mnutes ago. we just reported on itmt 270

southbound after montrose road. looks like right now only one far right lane is squeezing by between montrose and the split on 270. police fire and rescue crews are on the scene. traffic beginning to back up out of gaithersburg very, very quickly. virginia, 395 northbound, ed sell road, accident just moved to the shoulder. lanes a open. delays developing many canninging from the capital beltway. out on the rails, problems at suitland station which have new cleared. vre, fredericksburg 300, 302, 304 delayed. marc, brunswick 872, 874, 890, and penn 509 delayed at this hour. joe, eun. >> jerry, thank you. 6:42, 58 degrees. how you can win $20,000 for just a single tweet. today is the government is expected to ban a popular alcoholienergy drink.

first the makers of four loko announce a big change to its drink. more live team coveragef the severe storms which rolled through overnight. we'll

up next, trees downed, power lines knocked over.

good morning and welcome back. we're stayingn top of breaks news right now. parts of arlington are a big mess after powerful storms threw through the areaovernight. george mason drive, strong winds snapped trees and brought down power lines. also a lot of trees and wires down in fairfax county. among the locations we know of are wolf run, rutledge and fairfax station. 5300 block of mitchell street in alexandria and 4700 of spruce avenue in fairfax. today jurors will delibera

the fate of chandra levy's accused killer after a month of testimony. attorneys made their final arguments yesterday. prosecutors closed by saying guandique's face was the last thing levy saw before she died in rock creek park. but the defense said that was fiction. they argued there was no evidence linking guandique to levy. they also said former california congressman gary condit is the one who has been acting guilty. members of the ethiopian community will protest outside the dc 9 nightclub in northwest washington this morning. they're upset that a hearing is being held which could reinstate the club's liquor license. it was revokedast month after a confrontation between several employees ended in a man's death. five were originally charged with second-degree murder in muhammad's death but they were later dropped after the medical examiner could not link his death to that con frtation. confrontation.

today's protest begins at 10:00 a.m. a gruesome find in a box left on the side of a local highway. state workers ma the horrific discery on a remote stretch of i-70 in frederick. maryland state police shut down partf the interstate while forensic experts and crime scene technicians spent hours combing the brush. a decrease in crime since the illegal immigration policy took effect three years ago. the policy denies some services to illegal immigrants and requires police to check citizenship status when making arrests for criminal violations. it is similar to a recently passed immigration law in arizona. opponents say the study fond it created a temporary ethnic divide. >> the county's reputation as a community that is welcoming and

inclusive and especially inclusive to diverse peoples has been shattered. >> uva concluded thereas a direct connection between the cracking down on illegal immigration and drop in violent crime. >> the study's author said other factors may have influenced the crime rates. county board chairman stewart plans to loy for a similar policy for the rest of the state. here's a story that might make you think twice about getting on a metrobus. 151 passengers were hurt during the first nine months of this year, according to the washington examiner newspaper. in various incidents, itaid. just 94 were hurt during the first nine months of last year. more than 50 were hurt this september alone, including two buses that collided during a bad storm. the metro safety and security committee chairman will request a report tomorrow.

the first electric car-charging station was unveiled yesterday. it is the first of hundreds of charging statns placed throughout d.c. and surban areas the next year. the district received the funding from a department of energy grant. the goal of the nationwide program is to reduce greenhouse gases and create jobs. just as the fda was getting ready to ban four loko, the maker of that popular energy drink announced it's changing the recipe. fusion products will remove caffeine and two other ingredients from its products going forward. it has bn given the name blackout in a can. last month nine washington state students were hospitalized after having the drink at a party. courtney reagan joins us this mning. good morning. >> reporter: hi. good morning to you, eun.

bc learned banks and state attorneys general are wrapping up foreclosure practices. they contribute money to a fund to help borrowers who lost their funds. banks will promise to do away with dual track modifications and foreclosures. that's when lenders begin the foreclosure proceedings before exhausting attempts to modify home loans. national academy of engineering say the company didn't catch flawed decisions prior to the blout of the wel the panel's final report is due next june. well, what's a twe worth? kfc will give a $20,000 college student to high school senior o sends the best 140 character message. they are looking to burnish their brand. they do specifically fall in opinionses to find out about

special deals. i gegs it's a win-win if you win the 20 ground. >> that's right. a tweeting contest. courtney, thank you. >> reporter: thanks >> win-w is six characters. you have a lot more to go. >> tom, it looks like the storms are finally moving out. >> what a change. look at this live view overlooking northeast washington in the istance. it's cleared out. and the sun is not quite up yet. horizon moving down. we'll reveal it in another couple minutes. right now 6:51. national airport, the temperature there is at 56. and the winds south-southwest at 15. but that's going to increase as the dayprogresses. right now on radar we only have a few sprinkles in montgomery countiment that's heading off to the east. sewhere, things are drying out. a few clouds to our west. temperatures in the low to mid-50s. all the way to the chesapeake bay. southern maryland, lower part of the eastern shore, northern neck, it's a balmy morning.

out of the mountains, it's chilly. west virginia, low 40s there. well, heres the view the last 12 hours. there's the line of storms that came through last night with a few isoled cells. that produced wind damage. straight line wind damage. probably not tornados. as we look at the satellite view, there's quite a bit of a clearing now under way. students at the bus stops, though, it may become quite blustery for the bus runs. right now the winds aren't too bad. by noon time, 60. by then, winds gusting 30 to 35 miles pehour. highs low to mid-six. our sunset, 4:53. a mostly clear sky this evening. tomorrow, bottoming out near 40. mostly cloudy thursday, high in the mid-50s. a small chance of a sprinkle tomorrow. friday, bright and sunny. afternoon highs only around 50. sunny and chilly on saturday,

too, but a bit milder. nice, crisp, autumn weekend. monday, tuesday, next week, warming up a little bit as we have some clouds around. check the weather any time. weather channel on cable. jerry, how is theommute now? >> we continue to follow breaking news on 270. certainly jamming thing up for you folks heading on out. authorities dealingith an accident 270 southbound between montrose and the split. right no it looks like two and at times three lanes getting by. the left side of the roadway remains closed. delays developing back to germantown. it's really crawling on 270. progress is being made. inbound 66 jammed through manassas. had a broken down truck in the roadway near the 234 interchange. that is in the process of being cleared. hay market to manassas loading up. improving news for massachusetts avenue folks. outbound side of mass avenue at

34th now reopened inbound. stillclosed 34th and 35. this tree came down earlier. good work by ddot on that one. metro, green lines delayed on green belt because of an earlier problem. 302 and 304 delayed. marc, 872 and 874 andenn 509 behind schedule. eun. >> thank you, jerry. we are following breaking news right no strong winds and heavy rain swept across the region overnight leaving a ss. winds tore off parts of roofs and sent debris flying. megan mcgrath is live with a ok at the damage there. megan, it's not looking good. >> no. there's a big cleanup job ahead of folks. we're at the rhode island place shopping center. that's whe the home depot is and aj wright, if you're faliar. it's in between brentwood and rhode island avenue. you can see the damage that was done here b this very powerful storm that blew through. all the outdoor products here at

the home depot were blo around. those are the wooden stands at the outdoor plants were sitting on. you can see everything was turned upside-down and smashed. debris blue aosshe parking lot. so we have all kinds of trash that is now scattered along this parking lot. also houses in the area were damaged. this row home on the end has some roof damage on the backside. they also lost siding. debris fell down on top of a car. a real mess here this morning. we've en talking to folks about what they heard, what they saw. and they said it was really quite something else. very, very loud. very, very sudden. some are wonderg whether maybe it was a tornado. >> well, it's like a train going. this is quarter to1:00 i think it woke me and my wife up. got up. heard the windows again to rattle. we were going to try to go downstairs in the basement. &lay down on the flo. it only lasted less than ten

minutes. so i got up. something fell. a tree fell in our yard. then i came out and looked around and we had no lights. >> reporter:ow, across the parking lot here at the aj wright, they lost sections of the roof up on the top. also that really large air-conditioning unit that's usually up on top of the roof. well, it's n smashed to pieces, laying in the parking lot by the corner of the building. they're also without electricity. so a lot of damage, lot of people wondering exact what happened. was it a tornado or just a very, very powerful storm? we're just going to have to wait and see. a lot ofolks spending a long time today cleaning this mss up, that's for sure. eun, back to you. >> megan mcgrath in northeast washington. megan, thank you. breaking ns out of baltimore. this video just in to news 4. look at the damage in northeast baltimore from what might have been a tornado there. firefighters are looking through homes that were badly damaged by a strong wind gust.

there are reports of some people injured, but no reports of any deaths at this point. futh up the east coast, this is video coming in to us from new jersey where strong winds toppled over planes attrenton mercer airport. reports that wind blew off several roofs in that area. and a traffic alert we've been telling you about the dulles toll road. all lanes are now open. according to the authority, the overpass was damaged yesterday afternoon when it was struck by a truck carrying a backhoe. once ain, all lanes are open but buehler road bridge remains closed. 6:57. more of our top stories. we now know the liquor store owner arrested earer this week had nearly a half million dollars stashed in his closet. amrik melhi and his wife ra vin der were arrted as part of the corruption crackdown in prince george's county.

the judge ordered the uple he without bond. viktor bout is in a manhattan jail after being extradited to the united states from thailand. the russian officer hs been accused of supplying weapons that weresed in conflicts in africa and the middle east. the first meeting between president obama and congressional leaders since the midterm elections will have to wait until the end of this month. the groups were supposed to meet tomorrow but there were scheduling conflicts. spending reductions, energy policy and tax cuts are expected to be major topics >> britain's prince william and kate middleton will sit down with advisers to begin their long anticipated wedding. middleton showed off her 18 carat sapphire. tom is here for a final out-the-door forecast. radar ca detect tornadoes. no tornados detected on radar. so likely straight-line winds. live from sky watche camera.

now a mostl clear sky. 55 at national airport. later today the winds will get a little blustery out of the southwest shifting to northwest, gusting over 30 miles per hour. a feclouds racing through. tomorrow, small chance of a sprinkle. sun and chilly for friday, saturday, and sunday. should be dry the first pa of next week. how is the traffic, jerry? major affect on your commute this morning, i-270 southbound with the accident pretty much out of the roadway. looks like only the far left lane is now closed. the accident after montrose but before the split. over in virginia along 395, we are jammed from the beltway to downtown. earlier accident the inbod side of 395 at ed sell roads now over the shoulder and reminder rhode island avenue, 4th and 12th northeast remains closed. thanks, jerry. can radar detect